Rape in Chicago : race, myth, and the courts /

Rape in Chicago : race, myth, and the courts /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Flood, Dawn Rae.
Imprint:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012.
Description:	xi, 235 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Women in American history Women in American history.
Subject:	Rape -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History. Rape -- Public opinion -- History. Rape victims -- Illinois -- Chicago. African Americans -- Sexual behavior -- Illinois -- Chicago. Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Illinois -- Chicago. African Americans -- Sexual behavior. Discrimination in criminal justice administration. Rape. Rape -- Public opinion. Rape victims. Illinois -- Chicago. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8839206

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ISBN:	9780252036897 (cloth) 0252036891 (cloth)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: "An Accusation Easily to Be Made"
1. Rape Victims and the Modern Justice System
2. The Power of Racial Rape Myths after World War II
3. Black Victims and Postwar Trial Strategies
4. Order in the Court
5. Second-Wave Feminists (Re)Discover Rape
Conclusion: Ripped from the Headlines
Appendix: Case File Data
Notes
Bibliography
Index